TORONTO, Ontario, March 25 -- The city of Toronto issued the following news release on March 24, 2024: Mayor Olivia Chow proclaimed today Agnes Macphail Day in Toronto and presented Susan Scandiffio with the 2024 Agnes Macphail Award in recognition of her longstanding commitment to community leadership and passion for mobilizing support for vulnerable residents in East York. Established by the former borough of the East York Council in 1994, the Agnes Macphail Award pays tribute to Canada's fi  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 (TNSrep) -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development Inspector General issued the following report (No. 2024-FW-1003) on March 19, 2024, entitled "The Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority's Homebuyer Assistance Program Positively Impacted Participants but May Not Have Distributed Disaster Recovery Funds Equitably." Here are excerpts: * * * To: Claudia I. Monterrosa, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs, DG From: Kila  more

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, March 25 -- Ozarks Technical Community College issued the following news release: Educators devote limitless time, and often their own resources, to helping students pursue their passions. To recognize the contributions of Missouri's leading agricultural teachers, Nationwide and the Missouri FFA Foundation are honoring exceptional teachers as semi-finalists for the Missouri Golden Owl Award. This was the inaugural year for the Golden Owl Award contest in Missouri. From S  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on March 23, 2024: * * * Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development released the following statement after the House and Senate passed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 to fund Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Financial Services and General Government, State, Foreign Operations, Legislative Branch   more

MANCHESTER, England, March 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: Dr Reem Swidah, a postdoctoral researcher at The University of Manchester, has been awarded the prestigious L'Oreal UNESCO Award for Women in Science for her work in sustainable development. The awards celebrate outstanding women post-doctoral scientists, and forms part of the L'Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science UK & Ireland Rising Talent Programme, which offers awards to promote, enhance   more